Posted on 08/01/2011 6:26:35 AM PDT by Lakeshark
It was Dorothy's dog Toto, a standard bred cairn terrier, in the 1939 movie classic "The Wizard of Oz," tugging at the black curtain, who revealed the Great and Powerful Oz to be nothing more than a humbug,
"Why, you're not a wizard at all, you're just a man! And you're a very bad man for pretending to be a wizard," exclaims Dorothy. Professor Marvel, chagrined after having been defrocked, and exhausted, unable to sustain the charade, replies apologetically, " Oh no my dear, I'm a very good man, just a very bad wizard."
*snip*
A parallel lesson, just as profound and more instructional, is the sorry consequence that befalls a nation after it chooses a president based on identity politics alone, where the subject of infatuation is mere vaporware, just an imaginary figment, a momentary reflection from a wistful gaze into a crystal orb.
Obama is finished. The election in 2012 won't be close. The Republicans would have to nominate someone hopelessly inept and obnoxious to enable Obama's resuscitation.
Obama is sharing the exit script with Oz's onetime Wizard, vanishing as the hot air balloon ascends uncontrollably. "I can't come back. I don't know how it works."
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I don't think he's anti-American enough to run as an Independent.
IMO, anyone who runs as a third party candidate is de facto, supporting Obama.
I don't particularly like Trump, nor trust his character, but I really don't think he'd do anything that stupid.
(I hope I'm not wrong about that!)
the ending of the Wizard of Oz always really bugged me. These guys get sent by this loser wizard on a suicide mission, they come back and he gives them a lecture and a bunch of crappy presents like a diploma. They are more than fine with it and forgive him immediately.
and evil.
The Wizard’s real gift to them was the mission itself.
that may have been Trump’s plan all along, to pretend he’s a republican, and then to run as a third party.
He has donated a lot to democrats you know.
The scariest epiphany I had from reading Hayek is that this path leads to the most brutal taking over. When push comes to shove (as now when the debt is becoming unthinkable), uncomfortable choices must be made. Some people will be made happy, others not so much. Those who are willing to step on toes to please the "most" people will win elections. Unfortunately, the "many" on the receiving end of government transfers are approaching the status of "most".
As this trend continues, and more people get unhappy with diminishing returns, opposition turns from needed to be appeased to needing to be silenced, if not through ridicule or oppression, then exile or worse.
It's a scary path, indeed, and signs are all around that we're on it.
Yeah, But they also got Obama elected to begin with.
Given his lack of qualifications, not to mention his overtly socialist views, would anyone of us have imagined that?
Plus, the country is a lot further to the left these days then it was in Reagan’s time.
Heck, JFK would be to the right of most of today’s candidates.
Well, I hope you’re right.
And I may have overstated the case in terms of him being a “shoe in”. The election will probably be close.
But as to your points:
Yes, the economy is in a shambles. But it depends who the public blames for that.
And as for a “decent” candidate: Anyone can be demonized.
You’re right, good point. Thanks.
The media/left will most likely still try to blame Bush for the economy, but in 2012, only the hardcore obama-ites and the stupid will buy it.
I don't think it will work......and since there is no way with obama policies that the economy will improve in a year, it's going to work against him.
And of course, the media and the left will demonize any of our candidates (that's all they have, because they certainly don't have a record to stand on), but I think they overplayed their hand so much with Sarah Palin, that they've lost the majority on that.
Even with pumped up polls, Obama is polling in the low forties. He can't win with those numbers.
The only caveat would be if some dummy runs as a third party candidate and enough dummies vote for him and give the election to Obama.
In a two party election, I don't think Obama can win.
I can name two:
John McCain
Bob Dole
you win the kewpie doll!
Yes, the hedge funds called in their chits and Bush opend up the spigots to free govt money and everything was going to hell in handbaskets, so no surprise really.
BTW, Obama only got 53 % of the vote while Democrats in Congress got 59 % of the vote, so there was some kind of wariness there... Obama is definitely vulnerable.
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